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Font Rendering different in Safari and Firefox

Hey Everyone

I am new here and to start with just wanted to say that this looks like a great website with lots of cool information!

So here's my problem i am having at the moment. My page is all setup up how i want and it renders fine in the different browsers, but when it comes to Font it is a different issue. When the page is in Safari everyone is fine, bold font is bold and renders nice a crisp, but in Firefox everything looks like it bold, and almost looks like it has a blur to it? Is this something that other people have found, and if it is is there a way around it??

You must remember that various fonts may look different in various browsers, platforms. Could also be a difference in monitors too. I can view a page in Firefox and then in IE7 and it may look different even though the font is the same. Nothing really you can control I believe.

Also, you must remember that if someone viewing your site doesn't have "lucida grande' on their system, they will see the default font of their browser.

Ok so i will change the font list around so that sans-serif is the last on the list. The font that is enclosed in the quotation marks, does that become the defaut font just because i have two on my list that are in quotation marks??

So do you think that i should change my list: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif, "Myriad Pro"??

Thanks for all this help

Naming "Ludica" in the list will not quality any version of Ludica. On my Windows box here I have neither a font named "Ludica" or "Ludica Grande", yet I do have "Ludica Console" - so I would want to list "Ludica Console" as an option if this particular font works for what I am trying to achieve.

Ludica Console is a mono-spaced font, so the readability may be tough.

Different fonts have different sizes, kerning, tracking set into them, so you need to try and see what you get a little.

Of the groups, Georgia, Times, Arial, Verdana, Impact are all pretty much the same on both platforms.

Yes, I know. Lucida Console is a monospaced font but the other Lucida family fonts are other types. I was asking because of Dr John's question. Looking at it again, I'm not sure why I directed the question at you.